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Why the church must reclaim its moral voice from political power

Priests are human. Their clay nature will surface, robes notwithstanding.

By Rev Edward Buri 1 month ago

Faith and integrity: Can the church guide nation correctly this election?

For in a nation groaning under the weight of its contradictions, the church's most powerful contribution is not merely a vote, but a vision rooted in God.

By Edward Buri 1 month ago

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Stolen frontline: How manipulated crowds silence country's true voice

Kenya knows this Pilate well. We have leaders who recognize wrongdoing, who understand the cost of corruption, who see the manipulation, who know the truth.

By Edward Buri 1 month ago

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Why recent by-election losers with integrity outshine tainted winners

Kenya has entered an era where winning no longer automatically signals legitimacy.

By Edward Buri 2 months ago

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Why Kenya needs a spiritual, intellectual think tank

If the Church remains intellectually unarmed, it will have nothing meaningful to offer a public that has already moved beyond cliches.

By Rev Edward Buri 2 months ago

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Kenya needs a church of thinkers, visionaries, not just loud sermons

The Church must appear in public spaces with full confidence in its identity.

By Edward Buri 2 months ago

The church must rethink and reposition its influence

When Kenya heads to the ballot in 2027, the church remains an unavoidable force. Its congregations, structures, and networks still touch millions.

By Edward Buri 2 months ago

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Grand projects mean little when the ordinary citizens feel no real change

True progress means not only cutting hours off a journey-but cutting anxiety from a wage-earner's life.

By Edward Buri 2 months ago

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To heal country's wounds, we must trade tribal loyalty with integrity

Time has come to rebuild not only our roads and bridges, but our souls - to reconstruct the inner highways of honesty, humility and hope.

By Rev Edward Buri 3 months ago

Life and death teach us to build what truly matters beyond a fleeting world

Burying Raila Odinga was definitely not part of the broad-based plan. They had brighter ideas that did not include this dark reality.

By Rev Edward Buri 3 months ago

When pulpits are reformed, polling stations redeem themselves again

To form new voters, the Church must first renew the mind, sanctify the conscience and model integrity - for people vote the culture they see.

By Rev Edward Buri 3 months ago

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Kenya doesn't need new leaders to steer progress, it needs new voters

Survival in Kenya doesn't come from podiums. It's chamas, families, and small support circles that carry us through. That is where our energy should go.

By Rev Edward Buri 3 months ago

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Kenyan politicians fail export test but they make the cut for shipment

Kenyan-style politicians are barriers, not gateways, to the nation's creatives. They dream only for themselves, spinning the real dreams of ordinary Kenyans in circles.

By Rev Edward Buri 4 months ago

Our leaders worship money and not morality in their pursuit for power

Money never answered the deepest questions. It never did. Justice, mercy, love, sacrifice, and hope have always required something far greater.

By Rev Edward Buri 4 months ago

The Church should stop pretending the old missionary model still works

The Church cannot limit itself to prayers for prosperity while ignoring the despair of idleness.

By Edward Buri 4 months ago

Bright minds betrayed: How greed turns scholars into empty shells

When PhD-holding leaders act like typical politicians, the value of intellectualism in Kenyan politics is questioned.

By Edward Buri 5 months ago

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Why Ruto, MPs standoff over graft is good news for Kenyans

The ruling elite once fought Gen Z to the death for daring to speak against corruption. But now the fire burns in their own courts, in parliament and the executive.

By Rev Edward Buri 5 months ago

When demeaning demands turn politics into a humiliation theatre

Politics can be messy, even desperate. But to cross the line into the indignification of women - reducing them to objects for male amusement - is not desperation. It is degradation.

By Rev Edward Buri 5 months ago

Pride is our nation's real pandemic and only humility can save leaders

Kenya does not need another strongman. It needs strong hearts-soft before God, firm for justice. Pride is the powder barrel beneath our feet.

By Rev Edward Buri 5 months ago

In an era of greed and impunity, only clergy capital can save this country

When clergy rise with clarity and conviction, they inject sanity into systems, they force thieves to think twice, and serve as societal shepherds not just spiritual decorators.

By Edward Buri 5 months ago

Politicians criticise modern families because they fear children who think

Kenya finds itself in a moment of spiritual contradiction where those who birth, nurture, and mentor life are being scapegoated by the very powers meant to protect them.

By Rev Edward Buri 6 months ago

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A church that won't flatter kings is finally doing its job speaking truth

The State is sending mixed signals about its relationship with the Church.

By Edward Buri 6 months ago

Church rooted in the public square must fearlessly bear fruit of justice

A public square church must first look inward. Justice is not an optional add-on to our spiritual programmes - it is a core indicator of our authenticity.

By Rev Edward Buri 6 months ago

When the State hires thugs to fight its citizens, it loses war on criminals

A system that uses criminals to fight its battles cannot fight crime. It's not merely a contradiction but it's a confession.

By Rev Edward Buri 7 months ago

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Gen Zs never left, they changed lanes from streets demos to the podcast mic

The Gen Z uprising wasn't organised in smoky backrooms, nor powered by billionaires. It was born in tweets and tears, in slogans and songs, in grief and grit.

By Rev Edward Buri 7 months ago

In a broken system, Ojwang's father proved what true leadership means

In death, once-unknown teacher and influencer Albert Ojwang' exposed a rogue system.

By Edward Buri 7 months ago

When priests are killed, the killers also strangle a community's soul

Killing a priest is not just taking a life; it is wounding a community, defiling a calling, and challenging the place of the sacred in public life.

By Rev Edward Buri 7 months ago

Forgiveness must address parents living with graves of their children

Forgiveness is a spiritual act and divine virtue that serves as a preservative for relationships, but in the political arena, forgiveness often functions as a calculated tactic.

By Edward Buri 8 months ago

When a country loses sense of the sacred, it begins to lose everything

If Kenya is to reclaim her soul, we must recover our sense of the sacred. Not just in sanctuaries, but in boardrooms. Not just on Sundays, but in Parliament. Not just in liturgy, but in life.

By Rev Edward Buri 8 months ago

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Politics made in the pulpit, where Sunday service is just another rally

Strip Kenyan politics of its pulpit privileges, and much of its moral theatre and cultural power would collapse overnight.

By Rev Edward Buri 8 months ago

Smoked promises: Kenyans gave up waiting for white smoke to rise

It is not enough that smoke rises within the conclave; it must reach the waiting eyes of the people. White smoke signals good news - it heralds a father, a shepherd.

By Edward Buri 8 months ago

Seven great contradictions pulling us away from our national dream

Chapter Six of the Constitution enshrines integrity but in practice, honesty is a liability while whistleblowers are fired, honest officials sidelined and ethical business people crushed.

By Rev Edward Buri 8 months ago

Kenyans must learn to ask the hard questions to grow in justice, truth

A good question delays injustice, interrupts corruption and denies oppression the comfort of fluency. It forces systems to pause - to explain, to account, or at least to lie better.

By Edward Buri 9 months ago

No mercy, no shame: Unrepentant thieves keep crucifying the country

When Gen Z and their allies have the resurrection power as their pivot, the agents of death will be left with only two options: repent, or retreat - retreat into the shadows.

By Rev Edward Buri 9 months ago

Palm Sunday march is on amid 'must go' chants in Kenya streets

In Matthew, Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, just as Zechariah had prophesied. It was a calculated move, not just symbolic but deeply disruptive.

By Rev Edward Buri 9 months ago

The battle between truth and lies isn't decided by which is loudest

Politics in Kenya has morphed into an exhausting spectacle- loud, chaotic, and strikingly devoid of substance.

By Rev Edward Buri 9 months ago

How evil leaders hold power through manipulation and despair

In the realm of power, courage is often associated with the conscious mobilisation of strength to effect change or execute a liberating act.

By Rev Edward Buri 10 months ago

How our leaders put power first and sacrifice people in game of deception

It is now very clear that the only constant in the equation of Kenya's current crop of leading politicians is staying in power.

By Rev Edward Buri 10 months ago

Salute to champions of light, citizens who resist culture of compromise

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu walks into battle with numbers that do not lie while Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o speaks with the unwavering confidence of hard facts.

By Rev Edward Buri 10 months ago

Unholy trinity: How tribalism, lies and bribery are shaping 2027 race

Contradictions are a hallmark of this system: one moment they say the economy is thriving; the next, they are raiding the already weak citizen's payslip.

By Rev Edward Buri 11 months ago